Sangamon County jail death highlights grisly record of Dr. Stephen Cullinan

Sangamon County taxpayers will pay the family of a deceased inmate $60,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Maurice Burris, who died a horrific death in 2007 due to a perforated ulcer that w...

Both sides agree the jail is not a library

It took a federal jury less than 90 minutes last week to decide that Sangamon County jailers did no wrong during a struggle with an inmate who claimed that guards used excessive force to subdue him.De...

Free speech goes on trial in Sangamon County

Deep down, Humphrey — a 57-year-old model-railroading enthusiast who works part-time jobs at an area hobby shop and bookstore — knew why the Federal Bureau of Investigation had dropped by his north-end home....